Lacey Galla­gh­er was 18 when she died April 28, 2007, fol­low­ing her seni­or prom. She and six friends were rid­ing in a sport util­ity vehicle on a wet and foggy night at about 3 a.m. on the Pennsylvania Turn­pike’s North­east Ex­ten­sion, south of the Quaker­town exit, on their way to the Po­cono Moun­tains.

The driver lost con­trol of the vehicle, which hit a con­crete bar­ri­er and rolled over be­fore land­ing on its roof. Lacey was ejec­ted and killed, while her friends were taken to the hos­pit­al with in­jur­ies. None were wear­ing seat belts. Drugs and al­co­hol were not factors.

Lacey was the second-old­est of four chil­dren of Frank and Den­ise Galla­gh­er.

After the tragedy, the Galla­gh­er fam­ily and friends pushed for driv­ing re­forms and es­tab­lished the Lacey Galla­gh­er Me­mori­al Schol­ar­ship Fund to as­sist stu­dents in loc­al Cath­ol­ic high schools.

Last year, Gov. Tom Corbett signed a bill that cre­ated “Lacey’s Law,” which re­quires that:

• Drivers ages 16½ to 18 are per­mit­ted to trans­port only one oth­er pas­sen­ger un­der age 18 for the first six months that they have their li­censes. Ex­emp­tions ap­ply for fam­ily mem­bers and if a par­ent or leg­al guard­i­an is in the vehicle.

• All drivers and pas­sen­gers un­der age 18 must be buckled up or prop­erly re­strained in a child safety or boost­er seat. Fail­ure to do so would be a primary of­fense, mean­ing that po­lice can pull over a vehicle if an of­ficer sus­pects someone is not wear­ing a seat­belt or prop­erly re­strained.

• Per­mit hold­ers must take be­hind-the-wheel train­ing for 65 hours, rather than 50. Ten of the hours must be after dark, and five must be dur­ing in­clement weath­er.

Here is the list of the schol­ar­ship re­cip­i­ents for the 2012-13 aca­dem­ic year: